I'm not sure what to think of the above. . .on the one hand, I'm a sucker for lace-and-blade/Victorian era adventures (in fact, I'd welcome recommendations!)--it's one of the reasons I've often wished someone would reprint Teresa Edgerton's Goblin Moon.

On the other hand, I've never really thought of Holmes as a two-fisted action hero. When the old boy did get involved in violence (as in the climaxes of The Sign of Four and The Hound of the Baskervilles), it was usually settled with a quick volley of revolver fire. Sure, he grappled Moriarty on the edge of a cliff, but didn't _exactly_ emerge victorious.

On the other hand, if I go in knowing that it's "inspired by" rather than "adapted from", I just might enjoy this flick.